Pablo Alejandro Correa Velázquez (born 14 March 1967) is a Uruguayan former football player. After his retirement as a player, he became the head coach of three French football clubs.

Playing career

Correa started his footballing career as a player in Uruguay, where he played for Nacional,

Rentistas Club Atlético Rentistas, known simply as Rentistas is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Cerrito de la Victoria, Montevideo. Founded in 1933, the club competes in the Uruguayan Segunda División. History In 1971, Rentistas was ...

Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neig ...

and

Defensor Sporting Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Founded in 1913, Defensor has several sports sections, with football and basketball being the most important and the ones in which the club has achieved significant achieveme ...

. In 1993, he joined

San Lorenzo de Almagro Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro, commonly known as San Lorenzo de Almagro or simply San Lorenzo (in English: ''Saint Lawrence''), is a sports club of Argentina in the Boedo district of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its football tea ...

in Argentina, but returned to Uruguay after only 3 games with the club, to join

Montevideo Wanderers Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Wanderers, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club are currently members of the Primera División and play at the Estadio Viera. Beside football, the clu ...

. In 1995 Correa moved to France, where he played the remainder of his career in

Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. ...

and

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligu ...

for

AS Nancy Association Sportive Nancy Lorraine (), commonly known as AS Nancy Lorraine, or simply Nancy, is a French association football club founded in 1967 in Nancy, Grand Est and located in Tomblaine, in the inner suburbs of Nancy. The club currently ...

,. Correa played up front with

Tony Cascarino Anthony Guy Cascarino (born 1 September 1962) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker for various British and French clubs and internationally for the Republic of Ireland national team, with whom he competed in UEFA Euro 19 ...

and became a hit with the AS Nancy fans.

Managerial career

After his retirement as a player, he joined the coaching staff at AS Nancy and was appointed as the club manager in 2002. In the summer of 2005, Correa secured Nancy's promotion to

by winning the

2004–05 Ligue 2 The Ligue 2 season 2004/2005, organised by the LFP was won by AS Nancy and saw the promotions of AS Nancy, Le Mans UC72 and Troyes AC, whereas Angers SCO and SC Bastia were relegated to National. 20 participating teams * Amiens * Ange ...

title and after spending the previous five seasons in

. Correa guided Nancy to the

2006 Coupe de la Ligue Final The Coupe de la Ligue Final 2006 was a football match held at Stade de France, Saint-Denis on 22 April 2006, that saw AS Nancy defeat OGC Nice 2–1 thanks to goals by Monsef Zerka and Kim. Match details External linksReport on LFP offic ...

final against

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, in which Nancy won 2–1, giving them a spot in the

2006–07 UEFA Cup The 2006–07 UEFA Cup was the 36th UEFA Cup, Europe's second-tier club football tournament. On 16 May 2007, at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Sevilla won their second consecutive UEFA Cup, defeating Espanyol 3–1 on penalties after the matc ...

. Nancy survived their first Ligue 1 season of the 21st century, finishing in 12th position and notably beating

AS Saint-Étienne Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire (), commonly known as A.S.S.E. () or simply Saint-Étienne, is a professional football club based in Saint-Étienne in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. The club was founded in 1933 and competes in ...

2–0 and

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6–0 in home Ligue 1 matches. On 25 May 2011, Correa announced he would terminate his contract after the end of the season. He had been Nancy's club manager for nine consecutive years since 2002. On 2 January 2012, Correa was named as new coach of Ligue 1 side

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, replacing

Bernard Casoni Bernard René Michel Casoni (born 4 September 1961) is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a defender. In his playing career he played for Olympique Marseille and France at Euro 1992. Career Managerial career � ...

. Following a poor start to the 2012–13 season during which the club lost 3 and drew 1 of their first 4

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matches, he was sacked on 3 September 2012 and replaced by Pascal Dupraz. Correa returned to

on 12 October 2013 replacing Patrick Gabriel. Following relegation from

in the summer of 2017 and a poor start to the 2017-18 Ligue 2 season, he was sacked on 29 August 2017. On 20 December 2017, Correa was named new coach of

AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise (), commonly known as AJ Auxerre or simply Auxerre (), is a French football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division ...

. Following a run of four consecutive

defeats, he was sacked on 18 March 2019. In December 2021, he became new manager of Belgian club

R.E. Virton Royal Excelsior Virton is a Belgian association football, football club, based in the city of Virton, in Luxembourg (Belgium), Luxembourg province. The club will participate in Belgian National Division 1 from 2023–24 after relegation from Cha ...

. He left the club in July 2022.

Managerial statistics

References

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